Does Honduras break for siesta

Answer 1

Actually that is a Spanish custom, which they took from the Arabs; the whole siesta thing, is largely nonexistent in Latin America. In Spain it exists, because the heat in the summer can become intolerable, it becomes much too hot to work. The reason Latin America does not have a siesta tradition, is the history of slavery; the Spanish overlods, the hacienda owners certainly took their afternoon siesta, however the peons kept on working, even in the heat of the sun. Because from the time the people of Latin America were peons, they were not in the habit of taking a break, even working under the brutal sun, that habit never developed. Again the siesta was the "privelege" of the Spaniards; I know that in Mexico, the rich Spanish descended families there, have that tradition, many upper class Mexicans do, the hacienda owners who descend from Spaniards that never went back. Honduras, like Mexico, northern South America, and Chile, most of the people's great grandparents only as recently as the 19th century, were all peons, basically slaves. Like I said because of that, the Spanish custom did not carry over, because they were not full blooded Spanish, they did not get a siesta break, they kept on working, the hacienda owners did not care how hot the sun was. [[User:67.148.120.72|67.148.120.72]]stardingo747